Characterization of a gamma-glutamyl kinase from Escherichia coli that confers proline overproduction and osmotic tolerance.
AUTOR(ES)
Smith, L T
RESUMO
Mutation(s) in the proBA operon of Escherichia coli confers proline overproduction and enhanced osmotic tolerance in enteric bacteria (L. N. Csonka, Mol. Gen. Genet. 182:82-86, 1981; M. J. Mahan and L. N. Csonka, J. Bacteriol. 156:1249-1262, 1983). A glutamate-dependent ATPase assay was developed and used to determine proB-encoded gamma-glutamyl kinase activity in the absence of glutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase. This assay indicated that the feedback insensitivity of mutant gamma-glutamyl kinase was independent of glutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase. However, the capacity of glutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase from the osmotolerant mutant to interact with the kinase was altered in thermal stability, suggesting that mutations in both proB and proA may be required for osmotolerance.
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